headstampとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

headstamp (複数形 headstamps)

1. (military, firearms) The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.

   2009 Chivers, C.J. (The New York Times), Is U.S. Ammo going to Taliban?; run in Austin American-Statesman, May 20, 2009, p A-1:

   • Photographs were taken of the weapons' serial numbers and [of the] markings on the bottoms of the cartridge casings, known as headstamps, which can reveal where and when ammunition was made.

関連する語

• ammo, ammunition
• bullet, round

• breechloading
• cartridge, case, shell
• Taliban